We provide independent verification and certification services that can help you identify resource inefficiencies in your organisation to reduce costs as well as enhance your corporate reputation and communicate your sustainability achievements with customers, investors and stakeholders.

There’s a clear business case for managing and reducing our own impact on the environment. It saves money, helps us become more efficient and better prepares M&S for the future. Working with the Carbon Trust gives us the knowledge and confidence to push ourselves further and supports us in achieving our ambitious Plan A goals.

The certification process acts to identify inefficiencies in resource use and provides a framework for improving management processes, reducing waste and costs.

Achieving the Carbon Trust Standard provides independent and internationally recognised verification of your achievements in reducing resource use and waste and offers tangible proof to customers, employees, shareholders and suppliers that you are committed to sustainability

Standard Bearers include a wide range of organisations, all proud to bear the Carbon Trust Standard logo and with over 1,100 organisations having certified, they have helping create a new business culture whereby corporate sustainability is now an essential part of business management.

Organisations choose the Carbon Trust Standard as the leading means to independently validate and certify their achievements in adopting more sustainable business models.

Certified organisations have saved save a staggering £165m in energy and operational costs and reduce carbon emissions by over 3.6Mt CO2e every year, with an average annual energy cost saving of £322,000.

For more information, please call us on +44 (0)207 832 4655, or fill in our online contact form.

See how News UK became the first media company to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard in the video below:

Carbon Trust Product Footprint Certification

A product footprint provides an independent and accurate assessment of the total sum of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) or water used throughout a product’s lifecycle, including manufacture, distribution, use and disposal.

Footprinting provides real benefits, including the identification of carbon hotspots and water intensities in the product lifecycle, which typically lead to improvements in resource efficiency and subsequent costs savings.

The Footprint Label can be used to publicly brand footprinted products to communicate their sustainability credentials, build your reputation and drive sales with today’s ever more environmentally aware consumers and business buyers.

Products as diverse as bread, milk, crisps, wine, smart-phones, hand dryers, paper & envelopes, packaging, bins and even corrosion inhibitors have all been footprinted by the Carbon Trust and awarded the Footprint Label.

Specialist, high-quality services

High level of technical competence and depth of experience to accuracy and robustness

A proven track record as an innovator in the field, with an unsurpassed level of experience in carbon and water footprinting

The capability to take on complex projects and pioneer new areas of organisational and product footprint certification

The world's leading certifier of organisational carbon footprint reduction

A global leader in product carbon footprinting certification for PAS 2050 and the first certification body fully competent proficient and able to offer certification based on Footprint Expert™, the Code of Good Practice and the WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Standard

Accredited certification

We certify organisational and product carbon footprints to recognised global standards. We are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 14065:2007 to provide greenhouse gas verification against PAS 2050 and the Code of Good Practice.

This means we have been independently assessed by UKAS against internationally recognised standards, in particular for our competence and impartiality.

As part of the Carbon Trust group, we bring the credibility and authority of the internationally recognised Carbon Trust brand.

Impartiality

The Carbon Trust has built impartiality into its structure, strategy, policies, procedures and operations and is committed to continually improve in this area.

We have analysed potential conflicts of interest at all levels; including Strategy & Policy, Operational (evaluation and certification), Commercial, Financial and Personnel and have put in place measures to ensure potential conflicts are avoided or controlled.

We have developed policies and procedures to ensure objectivity, transparency and independence throughout our certification activities.

Proven track record

Over 1,100 organisations have certified to the Carbon Trust Standard since it was launched and Standard Bearers can be found in all sizes of organisation and across all sectors, both public and private.

With experience of certifying global carbon footprints and of assessments over many years, the certification team brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear.

Our qualified Assessors have evaluated product footprints of many consumer and business products with supply chains stretching across the globe.

Our clients are spread across the world and we have worked extensively in the UK, Europe, USA, Latin America, Asia and Australasia.

High level of customer care

We are committed to:

Delivering excellent, professional customer service while maintaining impartiality

Fair presentation of findings and transparency throughout the certification process to ensure you understand the certification, criteria, process and decisions reached

Continual improvement through customer feedback

Get in touch

If you're interested in any of the services above then get in touch - fill in our contact form or call us on +44 (0)207 832 4655.

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